OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

CHERYL L. BROWN                                                                                                                     117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

            DIRECTOR                                                                                                                                                                                                 4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

   OFFICE (904) 630-1452                                                                                                                                                                                  JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA  32202

     FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                                                                              

  E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES


February 26, 2013

3:30 p.m.

 

Location:  City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

    

In attendance: Council Members Bishop (President), Anderson, Gulliford, Boyer, Crescimbeni, Lumb, Love, Yarborough, Redman, Jones, Schellenberg, Holt, Clark, Carter and Joost (arr. 4:21)

 

Also:  Cindy Laquidara, Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Michael Wedner and Dylan Reingold – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman, Janice Billy, Kyle Billy and Robert Campbell – Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris, Philip Zamarron and Paula Shoup  – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; John Jones – Public Works Department; James Richardson – Neighborhoods Department; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; Dan Macdonald, Celeste Hicks and Connie Holt  – ECAs; Kevin Meerschaert – WJCT; Steve Patterson and Ron Littlepage – Florida Times-Union; Scott Johnson – WJXT; Jim Gilmore, Alberta Hipps, Lara Hipps

 

Meeting Convened:  4:02 p.m.

 

Council President Bishop convened the meeting and asked the committee chairs to report their committee actions.

 

Rules Committee: Council Member Yarborough reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.  Council Member Lumb requested that council members give fair opportunity for comment on 2013-75 (reappointment of Parvez Ahmed to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission) and not be quick to call the question. Council Member Schellenberg requested that he be added administratively as a co-sponsor to 2013-110 (honoring and commending the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission) and stated that he would be offering a floor amendment to 2013-111 (honoring and commending former General Counsel Rick Mullaney).

 

TEU Committee: Council Member Anderson reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

PHS Committee: Council Member Redman reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

RCD Committee: Council Member Carter reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

LUZ Committee: Council Member Boyer reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting and requested that 2013-20 (appeal of Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission grant of certificate of appropriateness with conditions) be moved from the beginning of the agenda to the end to be considered along with 2012-336 (Comprehensive Plan future land use map amendment on Post Street) and 2012-367 (rezoning on Post Street) so that all three Five Points Village-related bills can be heard together.

 

Finance Committee: Council Member Crescimbeni reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting and reported that there will be an addendum to the agenda to take up the three bills (2013-39, 2013-41 and 2013-14) that were heard and recommended by the joint Finance/Rules/

PHS Committee meeting yesterday.

 

 

Council Member Boyer said that the addendum will include a fourth bill for introduction only (2013-154) that will be a Comprehensive Plan text amendment to clarify the situation that resulted in the actions taken by the LUZ Committee last week with regard to the Five Points Village ordinances.

 

In response to a question from Council Member Schellenberg about whether the Council had received the information it requested last week with regard to 2013-52 (appropriating capital facilities maintenance account funds for a consultant to comprehensively review all City real estate), Peggy Sidman reported that the administration had circulated by e-mail the draft RFP for the consultant contract which included a timeline for action.

 

Council Member Gulliford explained his floor amendment to 2013-39 (extending Waste Pro’s solid waste hauler contract) and his rationale for offering a change relating to the existing contract between Waste Pro and the City of Neptune Beach for that city’s waste collection service.  General Counsel Cindy Laquidara explained that the City of Jacksonville’s proposed action (to extend the Waste Pro contract for 10 additional years) is a good and valuable consideration, in return for which Waste Pro is being asked to reciprocate by waiving its contractual rights under its contract with Neptune Beach under a particular set of circumstances.  Council Members asked further questions about the potential expansion of City of Jacksonville waste collection to Neptune Beach and what procurement process would be followed to select a provider for that area.

 

Meeting adjourned:  4:22 p.m.

 

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                2.26.13   Posted 5:30 p.m.

Tapes:      Council agenda meeting – LSD

                 2.26.13

Materials:  President’s marked agenda - LSD

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